Isaiah 44:18

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They have no knowledge or understanding; their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their hearts so they cannot understand.

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  • Ps 81:12 : 12 But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me.
  • Isa 6:9-9 : 9 And He said, "Go, and say to this people: ‘Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.’ 10 Make the hearts of this people dull, their ears heavy, and their eyes blind; otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn back and be healed."
  • 2 Cor 4:3-4 : 3 Even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 4 In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
  • John 12:39-40 : 39 This is why they were unable to believe, because Isaiah also said: 40 "He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they would not see with their eyes or understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them."
  • Rom 11:8-9 : 8 As it is written: "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see and ears that could not hear, to this very day." 9 And David says, "Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them." 10 "Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever."
  • Isa 29:10 : 10 For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes—the prophets; He has covered your heads—the seers.
  • Jer 5:21 : 21 Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
  • Jer 10:14 : 14 Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by their idols. The images he makes are a fraud; they have no breath in them.
  • Jer 10:8 : 8 They are all senseless and foolish; their instruction comes from worthless idols.
  • Isa 45:20 : 20 Gather together and come; assemble, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry about idols of wood, who pray to gods that cannot save.
  • Isa 46:7-8 : 7 They lift it on their shoulders and carry it; they set it in its place, and there it stays. It does not move from its spot. If someone cries to it, it cannot answer or save them from their troubles. 8 Remember this and show yourselves to be men; take it to heart, you transgressors.
  • Isa 56:11 : 11 Yet the dogs are greedy; they never have enough. They are shepherds who lack understanding; all of them turn to their own way, each seeking his own gain from every quarter.
  • Isa 44:9 : 9 All who make idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses see nothing and know nothing, so they will be put to shame.
  • Ps 92:6 : 6 How great are Your works, O LORD! How profound are Your thoughts!
  • Prov 2:5-9 : 5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. 6 For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. 7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity, 8 guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of His faithful ones. 9 Then you will understand righteousness, justice, and integrity—the entire good path.
  • Prov 28:5 : 5 Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand all things.
  • John 8:43 : 43 Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.
  • Matt 13:14-15 : 14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says: 'You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive.' 15 For the heart of this people has grown dull; they can barely hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, turn back to me, and I would heal them.
  • Acts 14:16 : 16 In past generations, he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways.
  • Rom 1:21-23 : 21 For although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or give thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools. 23 And they exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, animals, and creeping things.
  • 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the workings of Satan, with all kinds of power, false signs, and wonders, 10 and with every kind of deceit targeting those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 For this reason, God sends them a powerful delusion, so that they will believe the lie, 12 in order that all who did not believe the truth but delighted in wickedness might be judged.
  • 2 Pet 2:14 : 14 They have eyes full of adultery, never ceasing from sin. They entice unstable souls and have hearts trained in greed. They are accursed children.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
  • John 5:44 : 44 How can you believe, when you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the one and only God?
  • Isa 1:3 : 3 The ox knows its owner, and the donkey knows its master's feeding trough, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.
  • Isa 44:20 : 20 He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, 'Isn't there a lie in my right hand?'
  • Dan 12:10 : 10 Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined; but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.
  • Hos 14:9 : 9 Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? I will answer him and care for him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from me.
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

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  • Isa 6:9-10
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    9And He said, "Go, and say to this people: ‘Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.’

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    8As it is written: "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see and ears that could not hear, to this very day."

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    21Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

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    22For my people are foolish; they do not know me. They are senseless children and have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they do not know how to do good.

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    13That is why I speak to them in parables, because although they see, they do not see; and although they hear, they do not hear or understand.

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    15For the heart of this people has grown dull; they can barely hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, turn back to me, and I would heal them.

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    9All who make idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses see nothing and know nothing, so they will be put to shame.

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    12But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD; they do not understand His plan, that He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

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    10For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes—the prophets; He has covered your heads—the seers.

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    17Every human is senseless, lacking knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.

  • 2 Cor 3:14
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    14But their minds were hardened. For to this day, the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away.